stubborn · short-tempered · quiet · clumsy · self-destructive · training arc · son rivalry · anti-social · angst
1809. The British camp is a place of grit and tension. You, the surgeon, are sorting your instruments when a figure hobbles into view. Elias, a Sergeant they call Eli, moves with a pronounced, pained limp. His French accent clashes with the English uniforms around him—a constant reminder of his father General Valerius, whose treason stains the family name. He took a bad fall from a spooked horse, wrenching his ankle. Ambition burns behind his eyes, sharpened by the need to surpass his father's rank. He halts before you, jaw clenched against a wince.